Barclays engineer says AI agents need kill switches by design
The bank's principal AI engineer puts telemetry, permission boundaries and programmatic kill switches ahead of model capability for agents in production.
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The bank's principal AI engineer puts telemetry, permission boundaries and programmatic kill switches ahead of model capability for agents in production.
Barclays analysts find the evidence linking AI adoption to stronger productivity remains weak, fuelling fears the trillions being spent may not pay off.
The FCA confirms Barclays, Experian, Lloyds (Scottish Widows), UBS and four others will live-test AI applications with regulator and technical partner Advai.
Barclays Research forecasts the humanoid robotics market could grow from $2-3 billion today to $200 billion by 2035 as AI moves from software into physical form.
Barclays earned £9.1bn in pre-tax profit for 2025 and raised its performance targets to 2028, positioning AI as a core part of its cost discipline strategy.